Cissy Houston

Actor Sep 30 (died age 91) Newark, New Jersey, USA 1962–2026 (64 year career)

7.1 avg rating

Biography

Cissy Houston was a Grammy winning soul and gospel singer. She was also the mother of Whitney Houston.

Known For

Film

Whitney

Self - Mother

Film

Elvis: That's the Way It Is

Self (uncredited)

Film

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

Self (archive footage)

Film

God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness

Lead Choir Vocalist

Film

Whitney: Can I Be Me

Self - Whitney's Mother

Film

The Preacher's Wife

Mrs. Havergal

Film

Elvis Presley: The Searcher

Self

Film

Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All

Self (archive footage)

Filmography

Acting (20)

Movies (18)

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

2026

as Self (archive footage)

8.3

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

2021

as Self

6.5

Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All

2021

as Self (archive footage)

8.7

Whitney

2018

as Self - Mother

7.3

God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness

2018

as Lead Choir Vocalist

6.6

Whitney: Can I Be Me

2017

as Self - Whitney's Mother

6.5

Bang! The Bert Berns Story

2016

as Self

5.5

Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story

2014

as Self

7.3

The Houstons Remember Whitney

2012

as Self

Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C.

1997

as Self

The Preacher's Wife

1996

as Mrs. Havergal

5.8

The Vernon Johns Story

1994

as Rose

8.5

Whitney Houston: This is My Life

1992

as Herself

6.0

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

1988

as Self

6.5

Superstars and their Moms

1987

as Self

10.0

Taking My Turn

1985

as Helen

Hoodlums

1980

as Herself

3.7

Elvis: That's the Way It Is

1970

as Self (uncredited)

8.1

Television (2)

Elvis Presley: The Searcher

2018

as Self

7.6

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5